Govt defends Abbott despite claims he’s ‘a misogynist,a sexist,a climate change denier’
Opposition MPs were highly critical of the defence, with shadow minister Peter Kyle saying ministers “don’t even pretend not to embrace bigots any more”.
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PMQs – The one where a U-turn was announced during the session sees PM ‘governing in hindsight’
We are governed by a party of slogans, jingoism and bullsh*t. Boris Johnson is all furlough coat and no knickers.
How the twisting of conservatism and journalism has driven Britain’s decline
We shouldn’t be surprised that asking journalists to regulate politics is producing no better results than the regime of banker self-regulation did prior to 2008.
‘Megadisaster from one day to the next’ Johnson under fire from own MPs
“We’d like to be in a Government that has the impression of being competent – rather than lurching from one issue to another and then after a short time doing a U-turn.”
Older Brits want younger workers back in the office – polls
According to YouGov polling 44 per cent of those aged 65 and above believe firms should be encouraging staff to return to the office.
Boris Johnson branded a “joke” and a “hypocrite” as NHS workers protest outside Downing Street
A senior member of staff said workers are struggling so much on their current pay that some take the night bus to work because they cannot afford the tube.
A timeline: How the right wing media manufactured the Proms fiasco
The Proms fiasco had nothing to do with Black Lives Matter or 'wokeism', it was a story entirely engineered by the right wing media - and we all fell for it.
The Other Prison Pandemic
Prisons have managed to avoid devastating outbreaks of Covid-19. But the measures used to contain the virus have exacerbated a burgeoning mental health crisis for inmates - and those they leave behind.
Track and trace hailed as Africa is declared polio free
Health authorities see the declaration as a rare glint of good news in Africa amid the coronavirus pandemic.